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Astrophile: How a faraway dwarf world lost its cloak

21 November 2012

Makemake is not much smaller than Pluto but is probably a lot less dense, so the icy body couldn't hold on to its atmosphere

Astrophile: Lonely planet roams with stellar outcasts

15 November 2012

An odd object drifting with a small caravan of stars may be the closest known orphan planet

60 Seconds

7 November 2012

Catfish catastrophe in the Mekong river, world's rarest whale identified, and Superman's home star found in the real universe, almost

Dawn departs Vesta to become first asteroid hopper

12 September 2012

NASA's rock-hopper Dawn sets sights on dwarf planet Ceres, paving way for crewed asteroid missions and refuelling stations

NASA decides to send robotic seismologist to Mars

22 August 2012

A lander to study the Red Planet's interior wins out over plans to visit a comet or an ocean on Saturn's moon Titan

Corpse stars could nurture life on alien planets

15 August 2012

Light from white dwarfs might be just right to support photosynthesis and undamaged DNA, smashing assumptions about where life might arise in the galaxy

Chemical bond discovered that only exists in space

19 July 2012

The bond should emerge in the intense magnetic fields of white dwarf stars: its discovery could help us better understand these bodies

Discovery of fifth moon reignites Pluto planet debate

12 July 2012

The icy rock now boasts more moons than the inner planets combined but is this enough for it to regain its planetary status?

Smallest exoplanet is the size of Mars

11 January 2012

The latest record-breaking exoworld is just 57 per cent as wide as Earth – its discovery around a common type of star suggests habitable planets abound